Safe shelter for stray dogs in Egypt’s streets is hard to come by; however, street dogs that risk extensive extermination campaigns from the government, through regular shootings and poisonings, now have ‘Hope’: an initiative launched by a group of young Egyptians to provide care for stray animals in Alexandria. The group includes two young women based in Alexandria and one young man from Cairo. The young people were motivated to launch the initiative after witnessing a recent state-run campaign against stray dogs, which pushed them to decide to make a radical change in Egyptians’ perception of street animals. “We have not received any help from the government, as it still considers stray dogs a chronic danger that should be eliminated.”“Mainly, our initiative seeks to prevent the state-run campaigns that open fire against stray dogs” they stressed. On their future plans, they confirmed that they will continue in their efforts to sterilize stray dogs and spread awareness among Egyptians for the necessity of dealing with street animals in a proper matter.

Source: Egypt Independent May 30, 2017 11:26 UTC